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The Loneliest Boy in the World

  • 2022
  • R
  • 1h 31m
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5.1/10
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Max Harwood, Ashley Benson, and Hero Fiennes Tiffin in The Loneliest Boy in the World (2022)
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'The Loneliest Boy in the World' is a modern fairytale - with zombies. A satire and a celebration of family values, of the imagery of horror films, of suburban life, of the American Dream an... Read all'The Loneliest Boy in the World' is a modern fairytale - with zombies. A satire and a celebration of family values, of the imagery of horror films, of suburban life, of the American Dream and of the ultimate taboo; death.'The Loneliest Boy in the World' is a modern fairytale - with zombies. A satire and a celebration of family values, of the imagery of horror films, of suburban life, of the American Dream and of the ultimate taboo; death.

  • Director
    • Martin Owen
  • Writers
    • Piers Ashworth
    • Brad Wyman
    • Emilio Estevez
  • Stars
    • Max Harwood
    • Hero Fiennes Tiffin
    • Susan Wokoma
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    5.1/10
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    • Director
      • Martin Owen
    • Writers
      • Piers Ashworth
      • Brad Wyman
      • Emilio Estevez
    • Stars
      • Max Harwood
      • Hero Fiennes Tiffin
      • Susan Wokoma
    • 16User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
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    Max Harwood
    Max Harwood
    • Oliver
    Hero Fiennes Tiffin
    Hero Fiennes Tiffin
    • Mitch
    Susan Wokoma
    Susan Wokoma
    • Susanne
    Evan Ross
    Evan Ross
    • Julius
    Tallulah Haddon
    • Chloe
    Hammed Animashaun
    Hammed Animashaun
    • Elliot
    Ashley Benson
    Ashley Benson
    • Margot
    Ben Miller
    Ben Miller
    • Frank
    Alex Murphy
    Alex Murphy
    • Doug
    Jacob Sartorius
    Jacob Sartorius
    • Kurt
    Zenobia Williams
    Zenobia Williams
    • Mel
    Mitchell Zhangazha
    • Mark
    Sam Coleman
    Sam Coleman
    • Don
    Nicola Roberts
    Nicola Roberts
    • Rachel
    Ben Nealon
    Ben Nealon
    • Chloe's Father
    • (as Benjamin Nealon)
    Carol Anne Watts
    • Oliver's Mother
    Mia Savelle
    • Punk
    Martin Owen
    Martin Owen
    • TV Repair Guy
    • Director
      • Martin Owen
    • Writers
      • Piers Ashworth
      • Brad Wyman
      • Emilio Estevez
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    6cahidi

    The Freakiest Story in the World

    When I watched the trailer, I thought that this is a horror comedy about post zombie apocalyptic story. But as it turns out, it's not. It's very different from my initial impression. As someone who holds the importance of principle, I have to point out that this movie doesn't have any. It didn't explain how things were the way they were in it. Like how a group of corpses suddenly got reanimated. Was it the magic of Halloween (Samhain, the Wiccan's New Year) or was it a curse? Anything would suffice. But there was no explanation of how the corpses can come back to life. It's kinda crucial, if you ask me. Cause otherwise people can start making movies without rules, like pigs can fly or kitchen utensils can move by themselves. It's pure chaos and utter non sense. I should've given this movie 4 stars for this HUGE flaw. But seeing how this is a good-feel comedy, I've decided to bump it up by 2 stars.
    8kannibalcorpsegrinder

    A charmingly endearing if barely much of a genre film

    After the death of his mother, a lonely teen is taken unable to move on is forced to make friends which allows him to dig up recently-deceased corpses to use as a family but the more he spends with them the more he tries to keep them safe the family of corpses allows him a different life than he wanted.

    This was a rather solid effort if suffers somewhat as a genre outing. The film has an entirely effective cheesy atmosphere throughout here that becomes its greatest asset, working a highly effective tone here with the spot-on satire on old-school corny tone at the sight of everything happening here. That comes from the flashbacks to the entirely goofy idea of the creatures coming to life for a fantasy-based series of encounters that maintain a highly enjoyable tone that carries on throughout here. All of the various whimsical situations throughout the second half come off quite nicely as it weaves through the secondary storyline involving the need for a person's independence and sense of family that this one carries throughout here. For all of this, though, the film does stumble as a genuine genre effort as the whole thing flies in the face of more traditional zombie fare. Rather than engage in the more expected flesh-ripping and entrail-munching that would be expected in these kinds of films, the zombies are treated more as a ghostly imaginary friend role that is constantly undecided whether or not others can see them. Despite his insistance that they're living with him and that they're constantly around him, this one tends to go back-and-forth as to their existence since there's nothing about how they come back to life as he just finds them awake one morning with no hint as to how they reanimated. It comes off as the one main flaw with this one, however, so it's not a completely crippling factor as those who can buy the whimsical setup will have a lot to like with this one.

    Rated Unrated/R: Violence and Language.
    7kosmasp

    Good boy

    No pun intended - it's all in the family and all that. Of course you have to suspend your disbelief with this one. While it seems to be based in reality, it really goes off the rails quite quickly. Try to see this as a fairy tale of sorts. A quite violent one - or at least brutal. Nothing for the sensitive souls for sure.

    Good effects and a crazy story. Maybe you identify with the loneliness of the main character (well if you can call it that - he is not "alone" - or is he?) - but of course no one should try anything that is shown is tried at home. If you like weird stuff, you will feel right at home (no pun intended once again). This also has a killer poster art ... just saying.
    10ops-52535

    well halloween...

    Is just around the corner, filled with dead and creepy skeltonized figures wherever you turn around, and its surtainly the season to be jolly if you like horror comedies like the one i review here, or the more smashier of the matter.

    This is all happening in the glorious 80's, when the music whamed you and still do, a lonely boy has to make a friendship or go to the house of insane...

    well he makes friends for sure, quite a neckrofilia love story it is, with a sharp script and a naive style of acting that may feel by far gotten by the most horristic part of the audience, but comedywise and as a decent look at the halloween traditions made in the u.s.a. It really follows the thick red line, with pinkish backgrounds and superstyled set decorations and and choice of locations is superbly done.

    My acclaim though goes to the makeup and specialeffects departments, the yokes made arent the most advanced nor costliest in the movie business but they work. The script is filled with dead earnest irony and picrasy, well hidden in the acts and words performed by a rather pictorial whacked out acting crew. Playing dead aint easy and they know the acts of stilleben, and doing the most hilarious acts to countermeassure your angsts and other frights in life...

    a well made film, perfect playtime, and wellmade and chosen score. The grumpy old man wouldve died from laughter if seen back in the eighties, but it still have that tremendous power to make me laugh (with my spouce) today too. A recommend...
    3thalassafischer

    Gross and Creepy in A Bad Way

    Eeww. Just ...eww.

    This horror comedy is way too heavy on the gross. It emphasizes the reality of dead bodies, beginning with the mother's "accident" and goes too far when Oliver's new family of dead bodies come to life. He can't imagine them being fun or clever or not puking up every single thing they eat, talking while vomiting. That's when I had to turn it off.

    Nothing about Oliver is compelling, anyway, he's just weird and sad and obviously belongs in a mental hospital. There's also something sad about him making friends with corpses he dug up from the grave, that gives creepy vibes in the worst possible way. Not a fun way or a spooky way, but like a "omg that's a dead body you freaking weirdo."

    Seems like some indie film maker was trying to push the envelope just to be an edgelord, or has some necrophiliac tendencies. Because I'm lost on how a normal person could find this funny or charming.

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    • Trivia
      In the scene in which Oliver's "mother" Susanne phones Chloe's mother Rachel to invite Rachel's family to a Halloween party, classical piano music is heard in the background. The piece being performed during the short phone call is the fourth movement of Franz Schubert's Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960.
    • Goofs
      When Oliver is playing the piano and asks Mitch "do you know this song", it's the "King Of Wishful Thinking" by Go West which came out in 1990. The date on the camcorder in a later scene says the year is 1987.

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    • Release date
      • October 20, 2022 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Парень с того света
    • Filming locations
      • Bridgend, Wales, UK
    • Production companies
      • Future Artists Entertainment
      • Great Point Media
      • Lip Sync
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      • $52,215
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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